Comlongan Castle (6)
The round headed door is in the north side. It is about 3 feet above level (the ground slopes down this way) and is reached these days by a short flight of steps. The doorway is still protected by a fine old yett and opens into a passage, with a recessed seat for a porter. The basement is vaulted and once contained an entresol or half floor. There is a well in the ground floor.
As usual, the Hall is on the first floor. It is a large, stone flagged room and well lit, even though the castle's windows are generally small (and therefore original). The Hall contains a handsome carved fireplace and an elaborate aumbry of late Gothic style. There are also two mural chambers at this level, that to the north, reached by descending 10 steps in the thickness of the wall, being subdivided to form a guardroom and a prison for naughty people. From the guardroom, a hatch in the floor provides the only access to a still more unpleasant pit, for really really naughty people, in the wall beneath, narrow, unlighted and unventilated.
Comlongan Castle (6)
The round headed door is in the north side. It is about 3 feet above level (the ground slopes down this way) and is reached these days by a short flight of steps. The doorway is still protected by a fine old yett and opens into a passage, with a recessed seat for a porter. The basement is vaulted and once contained an entresol or half floor. There is a well in the ground floor.
As usual, the Hall is on the first floor. It is a large, stone flagged room and well lit, even though the castle's windows are generally small (and therefore original). The Hall contains a handsome carved fireplace and an elaborate aumbry of late Gothic style. There are also two mural chambers at this level, that to the north, reached by descending 10 steps in the thickness of the wall, being subdivided to form a guardroom and a prison for naughty people. From the guardroom, a hatch in the floor provides the only access to a still more unpleasant pit, for really really naughty people, in the wall beneath, narrow, unlighted and unventilated.